WASHINGTON: The United States has warned Beijing about Chinese agents it says are operating secretly in the US to pressure fugitives to return to China, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Citing unnamed US officials, the Times said the effort, part of Beijing's global manhunt dubbed Operation Fox Hunt, sought to repatriate fugitives wanted for corruption and other misdeeds and recover illicit funds.

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